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Emphasizes the major interactions among different peoples and societies. World History in Briefhighlights key events in world history, giving adequate treatment to the major issues, while leaving time for analysis and use of supplemental materials for critical thinking. Part of the Penguin Academics Series, the text takes a truly global approach by balancing coverage of individual societies and focusing on forces that cut across them. Students are encouraged to compare societies, assess changes in interactions, and understand global forces such as migration and technological exchange. The 8thedition is tied closely to MyHistoryLab to help save time and improve results. MyHistoryLab icons connect the main narrative to an array of MyHistoryLab resources, including primary source documents, analytical video segments, and interactive maps. A better teaching and learning experience This program will provide a better teaching and learning experiencefor you and your students. Here's how: Personalize Learning -The new MyHistoryLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals. Improve Critical Thinking -Features at the beginning and end of each part help students make connections among the societies examined in the chapters. Engage Students- "Solving Problems," "History Debates," and "World Profiles" features allow students to approach history from different angles. Support Instructors- MyHistoryLab, an Instructor's Resource Manual, a Test Bank, MyTest, PowerPoint presentations, a detailed timeline for each period covered in the text, and Class Preparation are available. For volume 1 of this text, search ISBN-10: 0205939368 For volume 2 of this text, search ISBN-10: 0205939422 Note:MyHistoryLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MyHistoryLab, please visit:www.myhistorylab.comor you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MyHistorylab (at no additional cost): ValuePack ISBN-10: 0205896308 / ValuePack ISBN-13: 9780205896301.

Peter N. Stearns is Provost and University Professor at George Mason University. He has taught previously at Harvard, the University of Chicago, Rutgers, and Carnegie Mellon; he was educated at Harvard University. He has published widely in modern social history, including the history of emotions, and in world history. Representative works in world history include World History: A Survey, The Industrial Revolution in World History, Gender in World History, Consumerism in World History>, Human Rights in World History, and Growing Up: The History of Childhood in Global Context. His publications in social history include Old Age in Preindustrial Society, Anxious Parents: A History of Modern American Childrearing, American Cool: Developing the Twentieth-Century Emotional Style, Fat History: Bodies and Beauty in Western Society, American Fear: The Causes and Consequences of High Anxiety, Revolutions in Sorrow: A History of American Experiences and Policies Toward Death in Global Context, From Alienation to Addiction: Modern American Work in Global Historical Perspective, Educating Global Citizens in Colleges and Universities: Challenges and Opportunities, and Satisfaction Not Guaranteed: Dilemmas of Progress in Modern Society. While under Dr. Stearns’s leadership, George Mason University was awarded the 2006 Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovation in International Education. He has also edited encyclopedias of world and social history, and since 1967, he has served as editor-in-chief of The Journal of Social History. In most of his research and writing, Dr. Stearns pursues three main goals. First, as a social historian, he is eager to explore aspects of the human experience that are not generally thought of in historical terms, and with attention to ordinary people as well as elites. Second, he seeks to use an understanding of historical change and continuity to explore patterns of behavior and social issues. Finally, he is concerned with connecting new historical research with wider audiences, including of course classrooms. Dr. Stearns is also eager to promote comparative analysis and the assessment of modern global forces—for their own sake and as they illuminate the American experience and impact.

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Preface

PART IV: A NEW WORLD ECONOMY, 1450—1750

Chapter 16: The West and the World: Discovery, Colonization, and Trade

Chapter 17: Western Civilization Changes Shape in the Early Modern Centuries

Chapter 18: The Rise of Russia

Chapter 19: The Islamic Empires

Chapter 20: East Asia: Vital Trends in Politics and Trade

PART V: THE WORLD’S FIRST INDUSTRIAL PERIOD, 1750—1914

Chapter 21: The First Industrial Revolution: Western Society, 1780—1914

Chapter 22: World Economy and Western Imperialism: Africa and South Asia

Chapter 23: The Settler Societies: The West on Frontiers

Chapter 24: The Development of Latin American Civilization

Chapter 25: The Middle East and China in the Imperialist Century

Chapter 26: Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West

PART VI: THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD, 1914 TO PRESENT

Chapter 27: The West in the Contemporary Period

Chapter 28: Russia and Eastern Europe

Chapter 29: East Asia in the 20th and Early 21st Centuries

Chapter 30: India and Southeast Asia

Chapter 31: Middle Eastern Civilization in the 20th Century

Chapter 32: Latin America in the 20th Century

Chapter 33: Sub-Saharan Africa: From Colonies to New Nations

Chapter 34: Themes in Contemporary World History: Into the 21st Century

Credits

Index

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Preface

PART IV: A NEW WORLD ECONOMY, 1450—1750

Chapter 16: The West and the World: Discovery, Colonization, and Trade

Patterns of Exploration and Trade

HISTORY DEBATE Early Modern Stereotypes

Toward a World Economy

Africa

WORLD PROFILES Olandah Equiano

Colonization in Latin America: The Birth of a New Civilization

Latin American Civilization

WORLD PROFILES Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651—1695)

Western Civilization in North America

North and South America: Reasons for the Differences

The World Economy Revisited

Paths to the Present

Key Terms

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Chapter 17: Western Civilization Changes Shape in the Early Modern Centuries

Patterns of Early Modern Western History

Political Institutions and Ideas

The Ferment in Western Culture

Transformations in Economic and Social Life

SOLVING PROBLEMS Dealing with the Asian Advantage

How Early Modern Trends in the West Interrelated

Paths to the Present

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Chapter 18: The Rise of Russia

Patterns of Early Modern Russian History

WORLD PROFILES Catherine the Great (1762—1796)

HISTORY DEBATE A Russian Civilization?

Russian Political Institutions

Russian Culture

Economy and Society in Russia

The World’s First Effort at Westernization

Paths to the Present

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Chapter 19: The Islamic Empires

The Expanding Force of the Ottoman Empire

New Issues in the Ottoman Empire

The Safavid Challenge

HISTORY DEBATE Guns and Their Impact

The Mughal Empire: Invasion, Consolidation, and Decline

Western Intrusion into the Mughal Empire

The Rise and Decline of Asian Empires

Paths to the Present

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Chapter 20: East Asia: Vital Trends in Politics and Trade

China: The Resumption of the Dynasties

SOLVING PROBLEMS Trying to Manage Food Supplies

Cultural and Social Patterns: New Issues

HISTORY DEBATE Chinese and Western Economies

Japan and the Origins of Isolation

WORLD PROFILES Toyotomi Hideyoshi (r. 1536—1548)

Vitality and Tension in East Asia

Paths to the Present

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PART IV RETROSPECTIVE A New World Economy, 1450—1750

PART V: THE WORLD’S FIRST INDUSTRIAL PERIOD, 1750—1914

Chapter 21: The First Industrial Revolution: Western Society, 1780—1914

Patterns of Industrialization

Causes of Industrialization

HISTORY DEBATE Consumerism and Industrialization

Effects of Industrialization

The Period of Revolution, 1789—1848

Effects of Revolution

The Postrevolutionary Era and Nationalism, 1848—1871

“The Social Question,” 1871—1914

Western Political Institutions in the Industrial Revolution

WORLD PROFILES Mary Wollstonecraft (1759—1797)

Western Culture in the Industrial Century

Industrial Society

HISTORY DEBATE Women in Industrial Society

Gain and Strain from Industrialization

Paths to the Present

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Chapter 22: World Economy and Western Imperialism: Africa and South Asia